The Washington-based commercial aerial refueling company says that purchasing 14 KC-135 tankers will help offer more air-to-air refueling (AAR) for military training and operations, primarily in ...

The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s strategic aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 ...

As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force ...

It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker ... and wing refueling pods during refueling operations. This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a ...

The United States Air Force is working with JetZero to develop a new tanker with an efficient blended wing design.

Six members from the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., finally receive the Distinguished Flying Cross ...

Noteworthy, the U.S. Air Force has a KC-135 Demonstration Team ... out compared to previous USAF tankers is the absence of a rear-facing window for the refueling boom operator, replaced by a ...

The KC-46 Pegasus is a U.S. air-refueling tanker that is produced by Boeing. The KC-46 is intended to replace the first third of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) KC-135 fleet in the primary role of air ...